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Job Description Summary

HVDC Projects are large and complex projects with multiple sites across the world and international teams involved. HVDC Project Planner is part of the Project Controls team and his/her role is to develop and manage the project schedule, aligning with all functions.

In Project Controls, our goal is to ensure the right rigor around schedule and cost management processes to deliver projects on-time and within budget. With focus and rigor around tools, processes, operating rhythm, and people, here you shall have the opportunity to learn, contribute and excel in one of the best Project controls functions in the industry. Surrounded by committed, loyal colleagues, if you can dare to bring your ingenuity and desire to make an impact, you’ll be exposed to game-changing, diverse projects that truly allow you to play your part in the energy transition.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Overall :

• Key member of the project team providing schedule status to the PM and to the Lead Project Planner.

• Develops and maintains the project schedule by integrating inputs from all functions, units and third parties contributing to the project.

• Communicate about the schedule status to the Lead Project Controller, Lead Planner, Project Manager, supplier and third parties.

• Provides schedule analysis to determine project schedule risks and opportunities then works with project team members to drive risk mitigation strategies.

• Maintain a register of potential schedule risks

• Provides look ahead, backlog and future late reporting with prioritizations to clearly communicate potential and real risk and drive the project priorities.

• Provides monthly status reporting with forecasting and analytics to project team members.

• Provides contractually required customer reporting and be able to communicate directly with customers on scheduling matters.

• Preparation of critical path analysis and work with multiple critical and near critical paths

• Generates “what if” scenarios to optimize execution and works with project teams to evaluate feasibility.

• Aligns with cost controlling function to ensure clear alignment between cost and schedule to ensure accurate project execution.

• Support change order analysis with schedule analytics and forecasts.

• Load and manage resources into the project schedule.

• Ensures compliance to the Global Standard process for Project Controls

• Ensure quality of the project controlling reporting.

Quality & Lean

• Comply with Quality Procedures, work instructions and Processes at GSI level and Project Controls Function.

• Report or resolve any non-conformances and process in a timely manner.

• Identify areas of opportunity for standardization / optimization and where possible participate in a Kaizen or similar lean event to implement any identified improvements.

Qualifications:

Educational Requirements

• Graduate in Engineering or Economic studies.

Experience and Knowledge:

• As part of a project team, several years of experience in planning management.

• Application of planning control principles (WBS, critical path, progress, resource loading).

• Deep domain knowledge of planning and use of Primavera.

Behavioral skills / competencies:

• Fluent in English is a must

• Likes to work in a Team with active collaboration

• Contribute to the decision making

• Critical approach of data on hands

• Rigor and Transparency

• Proactivity & Anticipation and problem solving attitude

As a Plus:

• Carried out organizational and strategic planning process would be appreciated

• Planning integration principles and methods

• Contract management: made EOTs and supported negotiations

• Risk management

• Experience with CPA and EOT/delay analysis

• Experience in HVDC project

• Experience in turnkey project

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No